Genders(लिंग) in Hindi

Hi, learners! I am back with new topic. Today I am going to tell you about ‘Genders'(लिंग) in Hindi’. I know it is difficult to determine the gender of Hindi words. So I have collected some information about genders in Hindi. After reading this, it will be easy for you to determine the gender of Hindi words..

There are two types of Gender in Hindi, first is Masculine(पुल्लिंग) and second is Feminine(स्त्रिलिंग) same as in English. The Hindi gender system is partly natural (based on sex) and partly grammatical (based on usage).

In the case of living things, we can easily identify the gender of the word like boy, king, father, dog, brother, man etc. are naturally masculine.

Similarly girl, queen, mother, bitch, woman etc. are naturally feminine.

But the problem of identify the gender arises when the noun is life less or non living thing like pen, house, bottle, mountain and carrot etc.

In this case, there are some general rules to identify the gender.

1. By form: to decide the last letter of the word:

Aa (आ) ending denotes masculine like कमरा(room), कपड़ा(cloth), पंखा(fan) etc.

i (इ) ending denotes feminine  like रोटी(bread), लकड़ी(wood), गाड़ी(car) etc.

2. By imagination on the basis of meaning:

पहाड़(mountain), पेड़(tree), जहाज(ship), पत्थर(pebble), आकाश(sky) etc. are masculine as they are big, hard, terrible or powerful. माला (garland), नाव(boat), कली(bud), चिड़िया(bird) etc. भाषा is also a feminine.

3. Some noun do not come under any rule. It is difficult to decide whether it is masculine or feminine. We can remember their gender by only practice like

कान, मार्ग, नयन, सिर, रास्ता (masculine)

आँख, नाक, कमर, सड़क, दीवार, छत (feminine)

4. If we talk about any group (collective noun) some groups always remember as masculine gender- झुंड(herd), दल(team), संघ(organisation) etc. and भीड़(crowd), सेना(army), फौज(troop), सरकार(government), प्रजा(public) always consider as feminine.

5. As far as living things concern, some are consider as masculine as शेर(lion), कुत्ता(dog), चीता(tiger), हाथी(elephant), मच्छर(mosquito), खरगोश(rabbit) etc.

चींटी(ant), कुतिया(bitch), चिड़िया(bird), मक्खी(fly) and बिल्ली(cat) etc. Feminine gender

6. Some examples of formation from masculine to feminine

As कुत्ता-कुतिया, शेर-शेरनी, हाथी-हथिनी, नायक-नायिका etc.  

   

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